#BlueCrew 💙 #FBR #BLM #LGBTQ #Booksky #Resist #StandWithUkraine Author of 8 books, short stories, published poems. lauradehartyoung.com Animal lover 🐶😸🐦 🌊🌊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇺🇦https://bsky.app/profile/lauradehartyoung.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauradehartyoung.bsky.social/post/3mxyxjxol2c26Thanks to the editors of Does It Have Pockets for nominating my poem, “Truck Stop Prayer,” for Best of the Net. I am honored to be included with such fine writers and artists. #poetry #writers #poetrylovers #bestofthenet 🌈📚16 Oct 2026 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:ineon4rtyxcppkhatkryrgko/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxyxjxol2c26https://bsky.app/profile/lauradehartyoung.bsky.social/post/3mxols2hsms2dDoesItHavePockets.com Poetry this month by many fine writers. I’m honored to be among them. lauradehartyoung.com #poetry #poetrylovers #autumn #doesithavepockets #poetsandwriters 🌈📚12 Oct 2026 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:ineon4rtyxcppkhatkryrgko/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxols2hsms2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauradehartyoung.bsky.social/post/3mx5czm7jbk26Let books be! The freedom to read unlocks imagination and creative thinking. This week let’s celebrate books! #bannedbooksweek #readbannedbooks #freedomtoread #authors #writers05 Oct 2026 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:ineon4rtyxcppkhatkryrgko/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx5czm7jbk26https://bsky.app/profile/lauradehartyoung.bsky.social/post/3mwtrnqyo5s27Does It Have Pockets poetry. DoesItHavePockets.com Read. Feel. Breathe. 📚🫠💨 #poetrylovers #doesithavepockets #poetry #litmags #poets 🌈📚01 Oct 2026 21:14 +0000at://did:plc:ineon4rtyxcppkhatkryrgko/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwtrnqyo5s27https://bsky.app/profile/lauradehartyoung.bsky.social/post/3mwbviacktk2aFree stories. Subscribe. New stories every month. Link in bio. #lesfic #lesbian #shortstories #freereads #storylovers 🌈📚24 Sep 2026 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:ineon4rtyxcppkhatkryrgko/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwbviacktk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/lauradehartyoung.bsky.social/post/3mvej2lxuqk2kFREE short stories, flash fiction, and an author’s memories of the historic Naiad Press. Subscribe to my website to enter the Reading Room at lauradehartyoung.com. This month featuring “Now or Never” and “Changing in the Phone Booth.” #lgbtq #naiadpress #shortstories #womenlovingwomen 🌈📚13 Sep 2026 02:05 +0000at://did:plc:ineon4rtyxcppkhatkryrgko/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvej2lxuqk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/lauradehartyoung.bsky.social/post/3mustjo4b4s2eSubscribe to my website at lauradehartyoung.com. Find a comfy chair, grab a cup of coffee. Shed the day and read free short stories and flash fiction. New content every month for subscribers only! #womenlovingwomen 🌈📚 #lgbtq #subscribercontent #shortstories #flashfiction06 Sep 2026 01:25 +0000at://did:plc:ineon4rtyxcppkhatkryrgko/app.bsky.feed.post/3mustjo4b4s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/lauradehartyoung.bsky.social/post/3mtgu4ae54s22Tools built a fence to keep the memories in. Macramelit.com — poetry, fiction, and microfiction. And tools. 🔨 #poetrycommunity #poetry #poetrylovers #writers #poets 🌈📚19 Aug 2026 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:ineon4rtyxcppkhatkryrgko/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgu4ae54s22https://bsky.app/profile/lauradehartyoung.bsky.social/post/3mstc7dl6jc2wIn the summer issue of Macrame Literary Magazine: Cracked Tools, Crooked Fence, a poem by Laura DeHart Young MacrameLit.com #poetry #poetrylovers #litmags #authors #readingcommunity 🌈📚11 Aug 2026 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:ineon4rtyxcppkhatkryrgko/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstc7dl6jc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/lauradehartyoung.bsky.social/post/3mso7sgpeoc2xProtect the freedom to read: ALA.org “The movement to ban books is not a movement of parents, but a movement of partisans who seek to limit our freedom to read and make different choices about things that matter. #bookbans #booklover #booksbooksbooks #freedomtoread #readingcommunity09 Aug 2026 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:ineon4rtyxcppkhatkryrgko/app.bsky.feed.post/3mso7sgpeoc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauradehartyoung.bsky.social/post/3ms2zcqdktc2qSounds like a plan. 🌅☕📚 As the days transition, so does the work. lauradehartyoung.com #books #poetry #authors #transformation #newbeginnings02 Aug 2026 03:14 +0000at://did:plc:ineon4rtyxcppkhatkryrgko/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms2zcqdktc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauradehartyoung.bsky.social/post/3mqpy53p7rs23Trade the house for these fields again. Ride by my side. Be my witness. lauradehartyoung.com #poetry #poetrycommunity #author #poetrylovers 🌈📚16 Jul 2026 00:28 +0000at://did:plc:ineon4rtyxcppkhatkryrgko/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqpy53p7rs23https://bsky.app/profile/lauradehartyoung.bsky.social/post/3mq2ok667hs2eThere are all kinds of freedom: freedom to choose, freedom to be, freedom of speech, artistic freedom just to name a few. At times, people and situations will exert their will. Stay strong. Keep hope alive. Morning will come. #freedom #artistic #keephopealive #riseup #staystrong07 Jul 2026 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:ineon4rtyxcppkhatkryrgko/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2ok667hs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/lauradehartyoung.bsky.social/post/3mpo7pmcrjc25The Milk House is a rural writing collective that curates the fiction, non-fiction and poetry of many fine writers. I'm honored that their editors chose my poem, "Absolution for Two," for their July issue. #poetry #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity themilkhouse.org @themilkhouse.org.bsky.social02 Jul 2026 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:ineon4rtyxcppkhatkryrgko/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpo7pmcrjc25https://bsky.app/profile/lauradehartyoung.bsky.social/post/3mnzrnjihg22iStaring into the refrigerator is only useful on hot days. lauradehartyoung.com #poetry #poetrylovers #poets #litmags 🌈📚11 Jun 2026 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:ineon4rtyxcppkhatkryrgko/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnzrnjihg22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/lauradehartyoung.bsky.social/post/3mncz4qv4uk22An unexpected detour can often lead you to the right side of life. Thanks to the editors of MockingHeart Review for including my poem in their beautifully curated 2026 spring/summer issue. mockingheartreview.com #poetry #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity 🌈📚02 Jun 2026 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:ineon4rtyxcppkhatkryrgko/app.bsky.feed.post/3mncz4qv4uk22https://bsky.app/profile/lauradehartyoung.bsky.social/post/3mmp5ufmjj22nReality can be daunting. Fiction can be the cure. lauradehartyoung.com #reading #books #poetry #fiction #readerscommunity 🌈📚25 May 2026 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:ineon4rtyxcppkhatkryrgko/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmp5ufmjj22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauradehartyoung.bsky.social/post/3mmcr3gmi322nTail lights in the dark might be the light that gets you home. bookofmatcheslitmag.com #poetry #poetrylovers #writers #litmags #poetrycommunity 🌈📚20 May 2026 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:ineon4rtyxcppkhatkryrgko/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmcr3gmi322nhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauradehartyoung.bsky.social/post/3mllruswws22pFixing a combine using a manual printed in German (unless you are German) is not advisable. "Manuals are for Quitters" appears in the spring issue of Book of Matches - somehow landing in the midst of this beautiful collection that includes so many talented poets. #poetry #poetrycommunity #writers11 May 2026 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:ineon4rtyxcppkhatkryrgko/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllruswws22phttps://bsky.app/profile/lauradehartyoung.bsky.social/post/3ml4ojub54s2rbookofmatcheslitmag.com Honored to be included with these talented poets assembled so beautifully by Book of Matches. Happy 5 years BOM! 🎉🎉 #poetry #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #author #litmags 📚🌈05 May 2026 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:ineon4rtyxcppkhatkryrgko/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4ojub54s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauradehartyoung.bsky.social/post/3mkt3bm6bec25The spring 2026 issue of Book of Matches is here: bookofmatcheslitmag.com This is their fifth year of publication — and I congratulate them. I am humbled by their acceptance of five of my poems. 💕 #poetry #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity 🌈📚01 May 2026 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:ineon4rtyxcppkhatkryrgko/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkt3bm6bec25https://bsky.app/profile/lauradehartyoung.bsky.social/post/3mjxrtyoq7c2sI’m with the banned! 📚🌈 Book bans and attempted bans remain at an all time high according to the American Library Association (ALA). Last year, more than 90% of challenges arose from activists and government officials. #freedomtoread #booklover #lgbtq #bluesky 🌈📚21 Apr 2026 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:ineon4rtyxcppkhatkryrgko/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxrtyoq7c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/lauradehartyoung.bsky.social/post/3miuxo4abjs22Some grief can’t be fixed. You carry it with you—sit with it at night in a old green chair. #poetry #booksky 🌈📚 💙📚 lauradehartyoung.com thimblelitmag.com07 Apr 2026 04:42 +0000at://did:plc:ineon4rtyxcppkhatkryrgko/app.bsky.feed.post/3miuxo4abjs22https://bsky.app/profile/lauradehartyoung.bsky.social/post/3mifb2dg4ck2tThe spring issue of Thimble Literary Magazine is out! I’m honored to be included. Check out Thimble’s newest issue here: Thimblelitmag.com #poetry #poetrylovers #booksky #poetrycommunity31 Mar 2026 22:47 +0000at://did:plc:ineon4rtyxcppkhatkryrgko/app.bsky.feed.post/3mifb2dg4ck2thttps://bsky.app/profile/lauradehartyoung.bsky.social/post/3mgsc5x5qu22qFreedom to read! 🌈📚 #booksky #books #reading #bannedbooks #freedom 💙📚 lauradehartyoung.com11 Mar 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:ineon4rtyxcppkhatkryrgko/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgsc5x5qu22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauradehartyoung.bsky.social/post/3mg667sp56c2tNo need to say goodbye to a cup of coffee and a good book. 🤓📚 #book #booklovers #reading #coffee #relaxation lauradehartyoung.com03 Mar 2026 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:ineon4rtyxcppkhatkryrgko/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg667sp56c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/lauradehartyoung.bsky.social/post/3mfigx2r6ks2uBig snow, warm covers…good book! 📚 lauradehartyoung.com #booksky #books #lgbtq #readingcommunity 💙📚 #authors 🌈📚23 Feb 2026 00:55 +0000at://did:plc:ineon4rtyxcppkhatkryrgko/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfigx2r6ks2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauradehartyoung.bsky.social/post/3mevzs7fxs22oReading is a proven way to reduce stress! #booksky #reading #books #readingcommunity 💙📚 #poetry 🌈📚15 Feb 2026 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:ineon4rtyxcppkhatkryrgko/app.bsky.feed.post/3mevzs7fxs22o